Private emails are part of the evidence that has surfaced during an antitrust trial over the proposed merger of Michael Kors with handbag rival Coach wsj.com/business/retai… via The Wall Street Journal

Macy's has a fix for its shoe department: fewer shoes wsj.com/business/retai… via The Wall Street Journal

Jamie Salter built a multibillion-dollar empire on iconic brands that lost their way. Critics say he cheapens the labels. He says he saves them from extinction wsj.com/style/authenti… via The Wall Street Journal

A rare CEO mea culpa: Kohl’s outgoing CEO Tom Kingsbury had no trouble owning up to mistakes that led to a steep drop in the retailer’s quarterly sales wsj.com/business/retai… via The Wall Street Journal

Macy’s delayed its third-quarter earnings report after the retailer said an employee hid up to $154 million in delivery expenses over several years, prompting an investigation wsj.com/business/retai… via The Wall Street Journal

Stores and shoppers are in an escalating battle as online return rates have soared in recent years. wsj.com/business/retai… via The Wall Street Journal

Macy’s has completed its investigation into accounting problems and found that a single employee’s mistake—and coverup—created $151 million in false bookkeeping entries wsj.com/business/retai… via The Wall Street Journal

Walmart aisles are piled high with goods this holiday season, but one item sticks out: cotton T-shirts that were made in America and cost only $12.98. wsj.com/business/retai… via The Wall Street Journal

Longtime Kohl's customers have a message for the new CEO: 'Get back to being my store’ wsj.com/business/retai… via The Wall Street Journal

Kohl’s is cutting roughly 10% of its corporate workforce, two weeks after installing a new chief executive wsj.com/business/retai… via The Wall Street Journal

Fashion executive John Idol offered a mea culpa, saying sales plunged for Michael Kors and Versace because of steep price hikes and other missteps. wsj.com/business/retai… via The Wall Street Journal

E-commerce didn’t kill bricks-and-mortar stores, but it made them worse. Much worse. wsj.com/business/retai… via The Wall Street Journal

The 25% tariff imposed by the U.S. Tuesday on imports from Canada won’t hit all Canadian companies equally wsj.com/business/retai… via The Wall Street Journal

The Versace era ends at Versace as tension flares over how flashy is too flashy and a U.S. boss who wants to boost sales wsj.com/style/fashion/… via The Wall Street Journal

Trump’s new tariffs hit the top six apparel-exporting countries to the U.S. Companies that previously moved production out of China in search of lower-tariff countries like Vietnam are now forced to rethink their supply chains yet again. wsj.com/business/retai… via The Wall Street Journal

Kohl’s fired its CEO Ashley Buchanan after it discovered he had instructed the retailer to enter into a “highly unusual” business deal involving a woman with whom he has had a romantic relationship wsj.com/business/retai… via The Wall Street Journal

Kohl’s CEO Ashley Buchanan and Chandra Holt lived together in Texas but kept their relationship quiet as their interests became intertwined at several retail chains. wsj.com/business/retai… via The Wall Street Journal

David Simon, the CEO of mall giant Simon Property Group, has never been one to give up control, even as he battles cancer wsj.com/real-estate/co… via The Wall Street Journal

Changing styles and the supersizing of apparel is relegating some women to the children’s section. “Too many flowers and so much glitter.” wsj.com/style/fashion/… via The Wall Street Journal

De Beers’s chief executive wants to save a generation of lovers and newlyweds from what he calls a “huge con” when it comes to buying diamonds—and in the process rescue his iconic brand from an ominous decline wsj.com/business/retai… via The Wall Street Journal